diff --git a/Mathlib/Data/Nat/Factors.lean b/Mathlib/Data/Nat/Factors.lean
index 4faeeaf65fe8a..d1f0a790bb47a 100644
--- a/Mathlib/Data/Nat/Factors.lean
+++ b/Mathlib/Data/Nat/Factors.lean
@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ theorem eq_two_pow_or_exists_odd_prime_and_dvd (n : ℕ) :
           hprime.eq_two_or_odd'.resolve_right fun hodd => H ⟨_, hprime, hdvd, hodd⟩⟩
 #align nat.eq_two_pow_or_exists_odd_prime_and_dvd Nat.eq_two_pow_or_exists_odd_prime_and_dvd
 
+theorem four_dvd_or_exists_odd_prime_and_dvd_of_two_lt {n : ℕ} (n2 : 2 < n) :
+    4 ∣ n ∨ ∃ p, Prime p ∧ p ∣ n ∧ Odd p := by
+  obtain ⟨_ | _ | k, rfl⟩ | ⟨p, hp, hdvd, hodd⟩ := n.eq_two_pow_or_exists_odd_prime_and_dvd
+  · contradiction
+  · contradiction
+  · simp [pow_succ, mul_assoc]
+  · exact Or.inr ⟨p, hp, hdvd, hodd⟩
+
 end Nat
 
 assert_not_exists Multiset
diff --git a/Mathlib/NumberTheory/FLT/Four.lean b/Mathlib/NumberTheory/FLT/Four.lean
index d1f2b22caf1a9..ab76f84eefc1b 100644
--- a/Mathlib/NumberTheory/FLT/Four.lean
+++ b/Mathlib/NumberTheory/FLT/Four.lean
@@ -311,3 +311,16 @@ theorem fermatLastTheoremFour : FermatLastTheoremFor 4 := by
   apply @not_fermat_42 _ _ (c ^ 2) ha hb
   rw [heq]; ring
 #align not_fermat_4 fermatLastTheoremFour
+
+/--
+To prove Fermat's Last Theorem, it suffices to prove it for odd prime exponents, and the case of
+exponent 4 proved above.
+-/
+theorem FermatLastTheorem.of_odd_primes
+    (hprimes : ∀ p : ℕ, Nat.Prime p → Odd p → FermatLastTheoremFor p) : FermatLastTheorem := by
+  intro n h
+  rw [ge_iff_le, Nat.succ_le_iff] at h
+  obtain hdvd|⟨p, hpprime, hdvd, hpodd⟩ := Nat.four_dvd_or_exists_odd_prime_and_dvd_of_two_lt h <;>
+    apply FermatLastTheoremWith.mono hdvd
+  · exact fermatLastTheoremFour
+  · exact hprimes p hpprime hpodd